Motive: Season Four Renewal for CTV Police Drama

by Trevor Kimball, June 2, 2015

Though ABC has decided to drop the Motive TV show after two seasons, the series will continue in Canada.

Season three of the cop drama is currently airing on CTV and they’ve just announced that Motive will return for a fourth season of 13 episodes. Production on season four will begin in the fall in Vancouver.

Here’s the press release:

CTV orders fourth season of hit original drama ‘Motive’ ahead of Season 3 finale, June 7

CTV announced today it has ordered a fourth installment of its hit original crime drama “Motive” (@MotiveTV) from Foundation Features and Lark Productions for the 2015/16 broadcast season. The announcement comes in advance of this weekend’s edge-of-your-seat Season 3 finale on Sunday, June 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO. With an additional 13 one-hour episodes on order, bringing the series total to 52 episodes, Season 4 of the “whydunit” drama begins production this fall in Vancouver.

In addition to recently being nominated for a whopping 21 Leo Awards, “Motive” was CTV’s top nominee for the 2015 Canadian Screen Awards, garnering nine nominations, including for Best Dramatic Series and for the Golden Screen Award for Best Drama/Comedy Series. With an average audience of 1.3 million viewers, “Motive” is among the Top 3 most-watched Canadian dramas this season. With growth among viewers A18-34, Season 3 becomes the most-watched season yet for the demo.

“’Motive’ has captivated audiences around the country, building a strong and loyal fan base over its three seasons,” said Mike Cosentino, Senior Vice-President, Programming, CTV Networks and CraveTV. “The hit crime drama continues to play an integral role in our lineup and we look forward to continuing our relationship with the amazing production team and cast to deliver a compelling fourth season.”

“We are really excited by this opportunity to bring another great season of ‘Motive’ to audiences with our wonderful partners at CTV,” said Executive Producers Rob Merilees and Louise Clark. “Our outstanding writing team, led by showrunner Dennis Heaton, is already hard at work exploiting the potential of further developing our established characters, relationships and novel cases. Our superb cast and crew are set to deliver a stellar Season 4.”

Like all other episodes this season, the Season 3 finale of “Motive” will receive a first-look on CraveTVTM, available to fans one day before the broadcast premiere. Viewers can also watch the finale live on CTV GO, and on demand following its broadcast premiere on CTV GO and CTV.ca. All past episodes of the series are available now to stream on CraveTV.

This explosive season of “Motive” followed Detective Angie Flynn (Kristin Lehman) and team as they brought another group of killers to justice, unlocking the motives behind each victim’s murder. Now, with just her investigation of Neville Montgomery (guest star Victor Garber, “DC’S Legends of Tomorrow”) left weighing on her mind and career, and those of her team — and her car bombed in plain view, there’s no denying there’s someone after Angie. Always an asset to her investigations, Detective Oscar Vega (Louis Ferreira) faces his own preoccupations, as he can no longer outrun the gravity of his looming health concerns, which proves a distraction for all.

In Sunday night’s powerhouse finale entitled “A Problem Like Maria” (Sunday, June 7 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on CTV and CTV GO), Detectives Angie Flynn, Oscar Vega, and Brian Lucas (Brendan Penny) are determined to prove that Neville Montgomery is behind the murder of Maria Snow (Luisa D’Oliveira, 50/50). Although all signs are pointing to Neville’s son, Robert Montgomery (Richard De Klerk, “Repeaters”) as the primary suspect, the team knows there must be something that will reveal the truth behind the events leading up to Maria’s death.

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Motive is a great TV show. Unfortunately, Season 3 is not available in the United States. Please make Season 3 and 4 available to US audience. Online is fine as long as it is simple for us to do, does not require cookies (privacy issues) or use Flash (Apple, YouTube, Firefox no longer support Flash). No problems with a few commercials though if that heps pay for being online. No problem with a 3 month delay if that helps. Oh, how about 15 episodes?

I am a huge fan of Motive and am very sorry that ABC did not renew it in the States. I am fortunate enough to live in Buffalo, NY and am able to watch it on CTV Toronto. I look forward to seeing it every week and am thrilled that it has been picked up for a fourth season.

we are down in the lower 48 and are excited to hear they are still making the motive show we enjoyed it the most out of all the cop dramas we only are sorry that ABC did not pick up the renewal we would love to see that thank you

i;m really disappointed that abc chose not to renew motive. i watched every episode and it is a great show. not only abc but i’m fed up with all networks that cancel good shows that are hugely popular.